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Accessibility
Advisory Committee Minutes
City of
Peterborough
February
6, 2013
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Minutes of a Meeting
of the Accessibility Advisory Committee Held on February 6, 2013 in the
Sutherland Room.
The meeting of the Accessibility Advisory
Committee was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Chair Bob Geddes in the Sutherland
Room, City Hall.
Present:
Andrea
Dodsworth
Janet
Ali
Marie
Bongard
Bob
Geddes, Chair
Peter
Michielsen
Keith
Riel, Councillor
Regrets:
Ian
Guest
Mark
Buffone, Accessibility Compliance Co-ordinator
Phyllis
Hodder, Accessibility Coordinator
Kendra
Sedgwick, Committee Coordinator
Minutes – January 2, 2013
Moved
by Councillor Riel
That the minutes of the Accessibility
Advisory Committee held on January 2, 2013 be approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
There
were no disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.
Consent Agenda
No items were considered as part of
the Consent Agenda.
Accessibility
Compliance Coordinator
Report AAC13-003
Presentation
on the Design of Public Spaces Standards, Ontario Regulation 413/12
Moved by Janet Ali
That the Accessibility Advisory
Committee approves the recommendation outlined in Report AAC13-003, dated February
6, 2013, of the Accessibility Compliance Coordinator, as follows:
That the presentation by
the Accessibility Compliance Coordinator, regarding the release of the
Accessibility Standards for the Design of Public Spaces be received for
information.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility
Coordinator
Report AAC13-006
Built Environment
Sub-Committee Seeking New Member
Moved by Councillor
Riel
That the Accessibility Advisory Committee approve
the recommendations outlined in Report AAC13-006, dated February 6, 2013, of the
Accessibility Coordinator as follows:
a)
That
the report by the Accessibility Coordinator regarding the Built Environment
Sub-Committee be received for information.
b)
That
the Accessibility Advisory Committee provide direction regarding how to fill
the vacancy on the Built Environment Sub-Committee.
“CARRIED”
Moved by Janet Ali
That Peter Michielsen be appointed to
the Built Environment Sub-Committee.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility
Coordinator
Report AAC13-004
Financial Update on
the Access Fund
Moved by Marie
Bongard
That the Accessibility Advisory Committee approve
the recommendation outlined in Report AAC13-004, dated February 6, 2013, of the
Accessibility Coordinator as follows:
That the report by the Accessibility
Coordinator regarding the City of Peterborough Access Fund be received for
information.
“CARRIED”
Accessibility Coordinator
Report AAC13-005
(Follow Up Report to
AAC12-016)
Peterborough
Lakefield Police Services Board Accessibility Standards and Taxi Cabs
Moved by Councillor
Riel
That the Accessibility Advisory Committee approve
the recommendation outlined in Report AAC13-005, dated February 6, 2013, of the
Accessibility Coordinator as follows:
That the report by the Accessibility
Coordinator regarding the Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board
Accessibility Standards and Taxi Cabs be received for information.
At its meeting of February 6, 2013,
the Committee made the following recommendation:
That the Accessibility Advisory Committee
make the following suggestions to the Peterborough Lakefield Police Services
Board with respect to collecting information regarding Accessibility Standards
and Taxi Cabs in the City of Peterborough:
a)
That
the administrative assistant to the Peterborough Lakefield Police Services
Board attend the September AAC meeting to receive comments from the committee
members;
b)
That
the Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board circulate the Accessibility
Taxi Cab questionnaire to outside agencies in September to allow for a longer
comment period.
“CARRIED”
Other Business
a)
Built
Environment Sub-Committee Verbal Update
Andrea Dodsworth gave
Committee members an update on the Built Environment Sub-Committee.
b)
Black
Mail Box outside City Hall
A request was made for the
mailbox outside City Hall to be lowered to make it more accessible.
Next Meeting – March 6, 2013 at 4:00
p.m.
Adjournment
Moved
by Janet Ali
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Kendra Sedgwick,
Committee Coordinator
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Bob Geddes, Chair